enlisted

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At every checkpoint, company agents enlisted local guides to ride along and direct the Ford cars for miles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He also enlisted the help of party heavyweights Harriet Harman and former prime minister Gordon Brown.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

This year, she's enlisted Boy George, who turns up to sing about "all the boys at the bar sipping cool champagne".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Hadlow’s novel was optioned for TV before its release in 2020 and producer Jane Tranter enlisted Sarah Quintrell to adapt the book.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The master had said it in so many words—my reward for whatever awaited me in this nightmarish new world into which I had enlisted.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo